Reborn in 1977

With the hot water ready, a young man hurried to the corner and said to a middle-aged man who was smoking, "Master, everything is ready."

Chen Fan stood aside, curiously watching the strong man whose height was about the same as his own, but whose build was two and a half times his size, and asked in a low voice, "Is this the pig slaughterer?"

To have such a physique in this day and age, you'd probably have to be a pig slaughterer who can eat meat every day.

Jiang Lili stood next to him and nodded lightly, "He is Master Zhu from the commune's food station, he has two apprentices and specializes in slaughtering pigs."

Chen Fan looked at her curiously, "The food station manages pig slaughtering?"

Isn't the food station a place that sells food? How did it become a slaughterhouse?

Jiang Lili gave him a strange look, how could this person not even know this?

After a pause, she glanced around, and only after discovering that everyone was watching Master Zhu go to the pigsty to catch pigs did she whisper,

"The food station only manages one thing, and that is pigs. Receiving pigs, slaughtering pigs, and selling pork, all the pigs in the entire commune go in and out of the food station.

Nanhu Commune originally had 7 pig slaughterers. After the establishment of the cooperative, all 7 pig slaughterers were transferred to the food station to work as workers, responsible for all pig slaughtering, including the private slaughtering of pigs in villagers' homes, which they also do.

Master Zhu was originally the pig slaughterer from Lujiawan Village, so Lujiawan asks him to come over every time, but he usually doesn't do it himself, he lets his two apprentices do it. He came in person today, probably because Captain Yang invited him."

Captain Yang's pigsty was next to the kitchen, just like the pigsty at the educated youth center, with only a one-meter-high earthen wall on the front, so the scene inside was clear at a glance.

Chen Fan saw Master Zhu go in and grab the big spotted pig by the ears. The spotted pig immediately let out a miserable cry and even tried to bite people.

In the blink of an eye, Master Zhu grabbed the pig's ear with his left hand to control the pig's head, and with his right hand, he inserted an iron hook into the pig's open mouth, immediately hooking the pig's upper jaw, and only then did he release his left hand and pull the big spotted pig out with the iron hook.

Oink oink…

Chen Fan couldn't help but grimace, his eyebrows squeezed together, how much pain must this Second Senior Brother be in, he's even shouting "Help!"

But he can't save it either, what will he eat later if he saves it?

The big spotted pig was dragged out, and four people immediately pounced on it, throwing the pig over and quickly tying it with ropes, binding its four trotters.

At this time, Master Zhu stretched out and pulled back his right hand, took out the iron hook, and handed it to the apprentice guarding beside him.

Then he waved to the side, "Weigh it."

Whether you eat it yourself or sell it, you must weigh it first.

Captain Yang immediately came over with a large weighing pole more than a meter long, passed a wooden stick through the handle rope, and then hooked the hook of the scale on the rope tied to the pig's trotters, and then another person came, with the wooden stick resting on the shoulders of the two, and lifted the pig up with all their might.

Master Zhu moved the weight, "156 catties."

Someone immediately shouted from the side, "A big fat pig!"

The villagers who were watching also talked about it, saying that Aunt Yang knew how to raise pigs. The food station's purchase standard was only 120 catties, but they actually raised a 156-catty pig. No wonder they could be the captain.

Only Chen Fan grinned, he remembered that when his grandfather's family slaughtered pigs when he was a child, the big fat pig weighed more than 400 catties. No wonder he thought this pig was small just now. Compared with the pigs of later generations, it was several times smaller.

However, the breeds are different, so there is not much comparability.

After weighing, the next step is slaughtering.

The four strong men carried the big spotted pig to a wide bench, tied the pig tightly with ropes, pressing the pig so it couldn't move.

Perhaps knowing that its life was coming to an end, the big spotted pig struggled even more fiercely, "Oink oink oink…"

In Chen Fan's ears, it was (Don't! Help! Let me go!)

Unfortunately, it was pressed down by four strong men and fixed with ropes, so it couldn't break free no matter what.

At this time, Master Zhu took the shiny, foot-long pig-slaughtering knife handed over by his apprentice, scraped it twice under its neck, shook off a clump of pig hair, and after the apprentice put a large wooden basin under the pig's head, he pressed down on the pig's head and stabbed it in the heart.

The poor Second Senior Brother's miserable cry came to an abrupt end, its head drooped, and it stopped moving.

Master Zhu moved quickly, pulled out the knife, and the blood flowed哗哗, all falling into the large wooden basin.

Chen Fan watched from the side, thinking that the next step should be scraping the hair.

But after the blood stopped flowing, Master Zhu made another cut in the pig's hind leg and blew air into it with his mouth.

He took a deep breath first, then put it to the wound and blew in. Before long, the big spotted pig visibly swelled up.

Chen Fan's eyes widened, what was he doing?

There was a "know-it-all" standing next to him, so Chen Fan humbly asked for advice.

Jiang Lili looked at him and said, "We're going to scald the pig with hot water in a while. After it's inflated, we can pour water on every part of it. Otherwise, the pig will be limp and its hooves will be curled up, so it will be difficult to handle."

So that's how it is?!

Chen Fan felt that he had opened his eyes today.

After the pig was completely inflated, it was carried to the big bathtub. The villagers who helped had already brought two buckets of hot water over, and the big pot started to boil water again.

This kind of work of giving the pig a bath does not require Master Zhu to do it himself. His two apprentices each held an iron hook, and with the help of two other people, they poured hot water on the pig's body one ladle at a time.

The scalding steam quickly spread out, and the entire rice field was filled with mist, mixed with an unpleasant smell. That feeling was really indescribable.

But Chen Fan found that the surrounding villagers were all swallowing their saliva, wouldn't they?

Then he heard his stomach gurgling twice.

It was too embarrassing.

Jiang Lili was closest to him, and when she heard the movement, she couldn't help but lower her head and giggle.

After pouring hot water repeatedly several times, one of the apprentices tried to pull a handful of pig hair and nodded, "It's ready."

Then they started scraping the hair. Although there were two apprentices, only one was scraping. This was because they were afraid that if two people worked together, they would easily hurt others if they didn't coordinate well.

However, the other one was not idle either, constantly pouring water on the pig to wash away the scraped pig hair.

Gradually, the big spotted pig became clean and smooth.

After the hair was scraped off, several people immediately got up and walked over, with iron hooks, iron chains, and wooden sticks all coming into play. In a few moments, they hung the big spotted pig up on a pre-prepared wooden frame, with a large wooden basin placed underneath.

At this time, it was Master Zhu's turn to go back into action.

He threw away the cigarette butt in his mouth, picked up the knife and walked over, first making a cut in the front, and all the offal fell into the wooden basin.

Aunt Yang immediately led people over to carry the wooden basin away.

Seeing that scene, Jiang Lili quickly said, "I'm going over to help."

Before Chen Fan could react, she hurried towards that side.

After Master Zhu waited for them to carry the wooden basin away, he walked to the back, changed to a thick-backed knife, cut off the buttocks, and divided the pig into two halves along the spine.

At this point, it was basically over.

First, take down half of the pig and spread it on the large door panel, cutting the pork into pieces one by one. The movement was like Chef Ding dismembering an ox, pleasing to the eye.

Seeing the neat strips of pork, Chen Fan realized why Captain Yang had to ask Master Zhu to do it. This level was indeed different.

But at this time, it had nothing to do with the villagers.

Having watched the excitement to this point, those who didn't help took the initiative to leave and would not stay for dinner.

Captain Yang and Aunt Yang were very polite in their retention, "Just eat here."

The commune members uniformly adopted a posture, their bodies moving forward, their heads turned back to wave, "You eat, you eat, the food is ready in the house."

This was considered a polite process, and no one dared to stay and freeload a meal.

And those who had put in the effort were now divided into two groups. One group was the few who had just made the stove and carried the pig, smoking and drinking tea under the accompaniment of Captain Yang, sitting aside to rest. The women were busy cleaning the pig offal and preparing side dishes.

The simple earthen stove on the other side was not idle either, but was taken over by Liu Jujiang to prepare to make pig-slaughtering dishes.

As for Chen Fan, he was staring blankly at his attribute panel.

"Feeling inspired by watching pig slaughtering, pig slaughtering experience + 5, current slaughtering skill level LV2 (5/50)."

But this is not the key. The point is, when did my strength increase to 6?